>> In March 2018, a RedState contributor posted a story questioning whether
David Hogg, a 17-year-old survivor in the
Parkland school shooting, was actually in the school during the time of the shooting.
[23] RedState backtracked later and the writer of the story apologized.
[23] RedState added an "update" to the story, but did not provide a "correction".
[23]RedState's update also blamed the story on confusing reports by other news organizations.
[23] The false RedState story was shared widely by prominent conservatives, including Erick Erickson.
[23]
That same month, a RedState contributor wrote an article criticizing
Tammy Duckworth's defense of an undocumented immigrant Army veteran who was deported.
[24] The RedState article said that Tammy Duckworth "really doesn't have a leg to stand on"; Duckworth is a veteran who lost both her legs in Iraq in 2004.
[24] RedState's Assistant Editor, Andrea Ruth, who is also a double amputee, revised the statement.
In April 2018, there were mass firings of staff at RedState, including the managing editor, Caleb Howe.
[3] CNN reported that multiple sources claimed that those who were fired were targeted for removal because they were insufficiently supportive of President Trump.
[3]
In January 2019, three senior contributors for RedState resigned, after they noticed that articles for RedState critical about President Trump, were not promoted via social media. In an article for The Bulwark.com, Kimberly Ross and Andrea Ruth stated that "it’s hard not to note the irony that Salem Media, a company that targets “audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and conservative values,” threw its full support behind Donald Trump, a thrice-married lying philanderer who utilized bankruptcy laws and debt to con tenants and contractors out of their money. Salem now promotes anyone who is pro-Trump, even if those people gleefully flout Christian principles."
[25] << (Wiki)
